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3 April 2011, 11:56 AM | #31 |
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In Asian languages the number 4 sounds very similar to the word for death, thus why it is considered an unlucky number.
Tetraphobia An interesting concept is the fact that other companies avoid the number 4. Canon went from the G3 to the G5, and Nokia often skips the number 4 in their cell phone lines. |
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12,800 feet equals 3901.44 meters (close enough to 3900).
3900 meters equals 12,795.3 feet (close enough to 12,800). Whereas 4000 meters equals 13,123.4 feet; and 13,000 feet equals 3962.4 meters. I think 3900 and 12,800 represent a place in the scheme of numbers where the two measurements come out close enough to meaningful numbers (lots of zeroes) to have use. |
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as an asian myself, the number 4=death...even though i am not that superstituous myself, my parents (who fund alot of my watches) would certainly allow me to wear a peice with such an unlucky number, same thing regarding a car's license plate
even if i were to pay for the watch myself, they still would probably still make me get rid of it we like number 8's =D |
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This is one of the dumbest threads I have ever seen. Can I have my 2 minutes of my life back please?
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The rating on a Deepsea is in 12800 feet first which makes 3901,44 meter . No asian number "13" involved here .
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This is just dribble.
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Is this a belated April fool thread? ( oh by the way! why didn't Rolex do the same on the 16600 SD, 4000ft. )
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